Polish authorities announced that two passenger planes were inspected on Tuesday due to bomb threats, and no explosives were found. These threats emerged while several other European airports were also affected.
Landing of Threatened Aircraft
A bomb threat caused LOT flight from London Heathrow Airport to Warsaw-Modlin Airport to make an emergency landing, and this airport was temporarily closed. Operations at this airport resumed around noon.
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Adam Szablowski, the airport spokesperson, said: "Passengers were evacuated, and the aircraft was subjected to a security inspection. Nothing was found. The airport has reopened and is operating normally."
Threats on Other Flights
A flight from Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) from Copenhagen also received a bomb threat before landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport and was therefore subjected to a security inspection. No explosives were found on any of these flights, and it is unclear whether these threats are related.
On Tuesday, a Ryanair flight from Manchester, England to Murcia, Spain was also subjected to a bomb threat. This flight landed safely, and after all passengers were evacuated, necessary inspections were conducted.
Francisco Lucas, the representative of the Spanish government in the Murcia region, confirmed that the police "ruled out the presence of explosives on the aircraft." He added: "The international airport in the Murcia region resumes its operations normally. I thank the emergency teams that participated in this operation."
In a fourth case, another flight from Israel to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, landed due to receiving a bomb threat via email. Anti-terrorism units were busy inspecting the aircraft for explosive devices.
Additionally, two other bomb threats targeted Ryanair flights from Lisbon and Dublin to Fiumicino Airport in Rome, resulting in fighter jets being deployed. Both threats were ultimately identified as false alarms.
These six threats on Tuesday followed an incident where a Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia was diverted to the Hungarian capital, Budapest, due to receiving a bomb threat mid-flight. Similar incidents have been reported at various European airports in recent weeks, which were ultimately identified as false alarms.
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